Unbeaten Breakers look toward showdown with Highland

The O’Fallon Breakers enter the final week of the regular season 7-0 after defeating a good St. Clair County Club team last Thursday, July 6, 366-164.

This week, the team was scheduled to host Trenton on Tuesday and then closes out the regular season in a showdown at Highland on Thursday, July 13 in what should be a battle of unbeatens.

“We’ve had a good season,” Breakers coach Kirsty Stooke said. “There are some very good teams in this league. St. Clair is one of them. In fact, I’d say they are stronger than any other team we’ve faced thus far this season. They are not an overly large team in terms of numbers, but they have good swimmers in most every age group. Many of the relays came down to the touch at the wall.”

The Breakers actually grabbed four of four medley relays and eight of 10 free relays but really surged ahead with solid individual performances across the board. Leading the way were seven O’Fallon swimmers that have proven to be mainstays all season, each sweeping their individual events on a night when it really mattered.

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So at 7-0 and assuming the Breakers get by Trenton, what about that battle Thursday at Highland?

“Yeah, that should be a good one for sure,” Stooke said. “They got us last year in the season opener — by 22 points. That’s our lone dual meet loss over the past five seasons. And they are really good again this year. Their team is larger than ours at this point, and they will be extremely tough in most age groups, as well as the relays. I’m assuming we’ll have to be at our best to have a chance to win.”

After the regular season finale at Highland, the Breakers close out the 2017 season with the 10-team Conference Meet Championship on Saturday, July 22 at the McKendree Metro Rec Plex in O’Fallon.